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Antonio Sabato, Jr.SadeEva Marie SaintBuffy Sainte-MarieHarry SaltzmanIgnatius SanchoLawrence SandersAdam SandlerJulian SandsLaura San GiacomoCarlos SantanaLuis SanteiroMia SaraCristina…

AFC Central

Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart will be scrambling to get his Steelers deeper into the playoffs this year.As they have for the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars…

Top Ten Biggest Art Heists

A picture's worth a lot more than a thousand words Despite their frequency in movies, art heists are actually fairly rare. Art is hard to move, hard to keep, and hard to sell. And, art thieves aren…

Formula One

(Encyclopedia) Formula One (F1), type of racecar used in Grand Prix automobile racing. Capable of speeds exceeding 230 mph (370 kph), the technologically sophisticated F1 cars are low-slung, open-…

Stuart, James Francis Edward

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, James Francis Edward, 1688–1766, claimant to the British throne, son of James II and Mary of Modena; called the Old Pretender. His birth, falsely rumored by Whigs at…

Sargent, John Singer

(Encyclopedia) Sargent, John Singer, 1856–1925, American painter, b. Florence, Italy, of American parents, educated in Italy, France, and Germany. In 1874 he went to Paris, where he studied under…

Bacon, Francis, English philosopher and statesman

(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Francis, 1561–1626, English philosopher, essayist, and statesman, b. London, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and at Gray's Inn. He was the son of Sir Nicholas Bacon,…